The Real Edge Of The Earth

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The Real Edge Of The Earth

 In the Great Australian Bight in South Australia is a vast and empty Nullarbor Plain - a real end of the world. It is the world's largest single piece of limestone, covering an area of ​​270,000 square kilometers It stretches 1,000 km from east to west. The surface of the plain is so flat that stretches 483 km straight line here Transavstraliyskoy railway. Plain ends abruptly Bund cliffs that form the break length is 200 km, curving around the Great Australian Bight.The cliffs form the southern end of the Bund Nullarbor Plain, which stretches further. White base near the bottom of the cliffs - it is limestone Wilson Bluff.